That's none of my business : Robert Honeysucker, Nicholas Bosanquet and the Sir Malcolm Sargent incident in Jackson, Mississippi, November 1, 1963 / research, story, editing: Charles Kaufmann.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kaufmann, Charles (Filmmaker), filmmaker.

Starflower Film, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Honeysucker, Robert.

Concerts--Mississippi--Jackson--History--20th century.

Concerts.

African Americans--Segregation--Mississippi--Jackson--History.

African Americans.

Discrimination in public accommodations--Mississippi--Jackson--History.

Discrimination in public accommodations.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 minutes)

Other Title:

That's none of my business : Jackson, Mississippi, November 1, 1963

Place of Publication:

Portland, ME : Starflower Film, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In this 5-minute documentary short, the late Robert Honeysucker (1943-2017) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a professional baritone opera singer and teacher well known in Boston's Classical music scene, and Nicholas Bosanquet, a distinguished health economist in London, recall their youthful attempt on November 1, 1963, to desegregate a concert in Jackson, Mississippi, by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, their subsequent arrest, and the ensuing international uproar that inspired prominent musicians to boycott performances before segregated audiences. Following a formal protest to President John F. Kennedy from student members of the Cambridge Union, charges against Honeysucker and Bosanquet were dropped. The film contains footage not seen since 1963 of Sir Malcolm Sargent and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing in Boston's Symphony Hall several weeks before the incident in Jackson, broadcast nationally one week after the incident and a little more than two weeks before JFK's assassination. Honeysucker gives contrast to the dramatic music of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Benjamin Britten's "Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell") with his singing of several civil-rights-era marching songs in his deep, rich baritone voice. Robert E. Honeysucker, Jr., (1943-2017), was born in Memphis, the son of a Methodist minister. About growing up in small towns in western Tennessee, where his father preached, he recalled, "In those towns I learned the key to the apartheid state that was the South. While I was never told to kowtow, I was always admonished not to confront, not to appear defiant, less I face the white man's wrath." That's None of My Business is fascinating. [Kaufmann's film is] extremely worthwhile and one that would have been close to both [Benjamin] Britten and [Peter] Pears's hearts. The correspondence collection shows they were both supporters of the Anti-Apartheid. Indeed, much of their lives were devoted to breaking down barriers imposed by prejudice.--Dr. Nicholas Clark, Librarian, Britten Pears Arts.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 10, 2025).

OCLC:

1544908007